February 07, 2008

Valentine Origami Box for Chocolates

I made this cute little origami box a few weeks ago and forgot to post it! I used a piece of designer series paper that was 6 x 6 for the top and 5.75 x 5.75 for the bottom. I used Rose Red card stock to punch out the scallop and then adhered a metal embellishment to the center. Can you guess what the metal embellishment is???? It's the metal top of a glass Christmas ball...you just have to flatten it out. The center of the metal embellishment is a flower I punched from another piece of designer series paper...I used the 1/4" circle punch. At the time I was making this I was at my sister's and I didn't bring any ribbon with me, so I just used a strip of Whisper White card stock across the top of the box.

My sister just happened to have some Hershey's Extra Dark square chocolates that fit perfectly inside the box! And can you believe those chocolates are still in that box? I know hard to believe, but I am not a big fan of dark chocolate let alone EXTRA dark chocolate!